Letter : Boston, [Mass.], to Benning Wentworth, 1746 Dec. 6.

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Letter : Boston, [Mass.], to Benning Wentworth, 1746 Dec. 6.

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December 6, 1746, letter informing New Hampshire governor Benning Wentworth that with the advice of the Massachusetts Council and in light of the disposition of the Iroquois to join the English, he has ordered Massachusetts troops to proceed to Saratoga, N.Y., for an assault on Crown Point.

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